Parental reasons for non-response following a referral in school vision screening

Journal of School Health

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-38

  Mark, Hayley ^a   Mark, Tami ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VISION TEST;

CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PARENTING; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 0032609325     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1999.tb02341.x     Document Type: Article

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